diff --git a/Outpost.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Outpost.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index e740676..81fd07e 100644
--- a/Outpost.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Outpost.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "@executable_path/Frameworks";
 				"LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=macosx*]" = "@executable_path/../Frameworks";
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 27.0;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.0.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.psmattas.Outpost;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 				LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS = "@executable_path/Frameworks";
 				"LD_RUNPATH_SEARCH_PATHS[sdk=macosx*]" = "@executable_path/../Frameworks";
 				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 27.0;
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.0;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 0.0.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.psmattas.Outpost;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;
diff --git a/Outpost/Features/About/AboutView.swift b/Outpost/Features/About/AboutView.swift
index 59ea90b..0fb79e5 100644
--- a/Outpost/Features/About/AboutView.swift
+++ b/Outpost/Features/About/AboutView.swift
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ struct AboutView: View {
         Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleName") as? String ?? "Outpost"
     }
 
+    /// Bumped alongside `MARKETING_VERSION` in the Xcode project — kept out
+    /// of the bundle version itself since `CFBundleShortVersionString` is
+    /// expected to stay a plain dotted-numeric string, not `0.0.1-ALPHA`.
+    private let releaseStage = "ALPHA"
+
     private var versionString: String {
-        let shortVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") as? String ?? "1.0"
+        let shortVersion = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleShortVersionString") as? String ?? "0.0.1"
         let buildNumber = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleVersion") as? String ?? "1"
-        return "Version \(shortVersion) (\(buildNumber))"
+        let stageSuffix = releaseStage.isEmpty ? "" : "-\(releaseStage)"
+        return "Version \(shortVersion)\(stageSuffix) (\(buildNumber))"
     }
 
     private var copyrightYear: String {